NEW DELHI: Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav had missed Delhi Capitals' last two matches due to an injury. But he returned to cricketing action with a bang taking 3/20 as Delhi Capitals thrashed Lucknow Super Giants by six wickets in Lucknow on Friday.
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Kuldeep was adjudged the Player of the Match for his spell as LSG were restricted to 167/7 in their 20 overs.
Kuldeep dismissed LSG captain KL Rahul (39), Marcus Stoinis (8) and Nicholas Pooran for a first ball duck.
Kuldeep bowled a straighter delivery on off that breached Pooran's defence and the off-stump went for a toss.
On IPLT20.com, Kuldeep talked about his delivery that clean bowled the dangerous Pooran.
"Achcha ball tha, it was a proper googly, it pitched on good length, and spun. It was my plan to bowl that delivery and had set the field accordingly and luckily the ball pitched perfectly and I got the wicket. When you take a wicket off a good ball, you celebrate also so as it was a good ball, the celebration was called for," Kuldeep said.
DC skipper Rishabh Pant scored a 24-ball 41 signalling his return to form.
Talking about Pant, Kuldeep said, "I am very happy for him (Pant), I have seen his progress in the last year and the way he is batting it is quite enjoyable. Obviously he was nervous in the first match but after that he has really played well. In any format, in any conditions, you would always want players like him (Pant) to be in the team."
With 2 victories from 6 matches, Delhi Capitals are at the ninth spot in the points table.
1/9:Jake Fraser-McGurk's IPL debut heroics: Delhi Capitals beat Lucknow Super Giants
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2/9:Jake Fraser-McGurk's IPL Debut
Jake Fraser-McGurk smashed an impressive half-century on his Indian Premier League debut.AFP
3/9:Delhi Capitals' Victory
Delhi Capitals thrashed Lucknow Super Giants by six wickets to reignite their hopes in the money-spinning T20 competition.PTI
4/9:Lucknow Super Giants' Performance
<b>Lucknow, who came into the match with three wins out of four, are now placed fourth after the loss.</b>AFP
5/9:Jake Fraser-McGurk's Power-Hitting
Jake Fraser-McGurk (55 off 35 balls) hit Krunal Pandya for three huge sixes in a row in one over to underline his power-hitting prowess.ANI
6/9:Kuldeep Yadav's Bowling Impact
Lucknow were off to a fine start but they stumbled after the powerplay, losing two wickets in two balls to left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav (3-20).AFP
7/9:Lucknow Super Giants' Recovery
Lucknow were tottering at 94/7 but Ayush Badoni scored an unbeaten 35-ball 55 and shared 73 runs for the eighth wicket with Arshad Khan (20 not out) to ensure a fighting total on the board.ANI
8/9:LSG skipper KL Rahul after the loss
"We were about 15-20 runs short, we should've capitalised to get to 180," said Lucknow skipper KL Rahul. "McGurk was very unknown. We've watched a lot of videos of him but he hit the ball really well, credit to him."AFP
